see and on to the family home where they were sleeping." a stranger from missouri - - named mike - - "it could have easily; in the time that it took for me to go back into the bedroom to get quickly and he really was like a christmas angel that came by and just made sure we were all safe." thanks to mike - -fire crews were able to contain the fire from spreading to their home or the large barn where five horses are kept. the fire did however take out the main power line to the property. "we are with out electricity for the weekend but that can be fixed." in the meantime the family is working to get generators running. "so mike, just thank you from the bottom of our heart that you stopped. it could have been so much worse." a christmas angel in the right

at the right time. the family also wanted to thank the denver volunteer firefighters and the other emergency crews who responed on christmas. we've got you covered live in the newsroom---jessica hartman kwwl news. thank you jessica -- and crews were on scene for nearly two hours this morning -- containing the blaze. waterloo firefighters respond to an early morning apartment fire in waterloo. it happened in the 36-hundred block of ravenwood circle. here's a look at video from the scene this morning -- as crews responded a little after seven exhaust fan sparked the fire. at last word -- nobody was hurt -- and crews were on scene for nearly five minutes to contain the flames. a combination of rain and snow is in part of eastern iowa -- let's go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for your first forecast. kyle? from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen

stormtrack 7 weather team: that's right there is a winter weather advisory for the far northwest part of the kwwl viewing area. this is in effect after midnight for chickasaw, bremer, butler, black hawk and grundy counties for a wintry mix of rain and freezing rain, and potentially snow. however, accumulations will be fairly light. expecting a tenth of an inch or less in these areas, the better chance will stay to the north and west. here's the storm track 7 live doppler radar. mainly dry conditions across eastern iowa. there may be a couple flurries, but otherwise mostly cloudy with patchy fog. as we take a wider look across the region for travels, no major issues, but as you go to the west it's snow. future track tonight shows mainly cloudy skies with areas of

after midnight. there could be slick spots on christmas parties -- others are still trying to get home for christmas. kwwl's shirley descorbeth catches up with last-minute travlers at dubuque's regional airport -- and brings us the very latest. shirley? that's right...family members were waiting in anticipation for their loved ones. once they arrived...hugs filled 'tis the season for family gatherings -- even at the airport on christmas day. airport for their loved ones' planes to arrive. "my daughter's arriving from north carolina ....i haven't seen her since august....it's pretty exciting." connecting flights to and from chicago -- but people traveling from all over ...to eastern iowa. "we flew from from london to boston last week about a week ago and now we're here here hundreds of miles from places like north carolina...and los

statement with their arrival. "i came home to surprise my parents for christmas and what better way than to wear something awesomely comfortable and ridiculous looking...they are reunited -- the airport filled with hugs, kisses and tears on christmas day. "it's just really exciting to have her back, we have family back at the house." some told me they fly on christmas day because it's less expensive and less crowded...compared to earlier in the week. we've got you covered....shirley descorbeth... ...kwwl news. thanks shirley. experts say dubuque's airport now ranks as the second busiest airport in iowa -- with a nine percent increase in aircraft operations. more shoppers are expected to snag deals tomorrow than on black friday... a survey done by american express finds more people will look for christmas deals tomorrow --

cyber monday. shoppers are going for big post- holiday discounts -- and some plan to buy presents for next year -- and use gift cards they got for christmas. fedex customers take to twitter and facebook to complain about late deliveries. the company says it's doing everything it can to get shipments delivered by christmas, despite -- quote -- "slight delays." a spokesperson said the delays are due to heavier- than-expected last-minute shipments -- and severe weather outbreaks in some parts of the u-s. fed-ex express will run limited deliveries for packages that couldn't arrive on time. a lottery winner in iowa may have to return his 100- thousand-dollar prize. in late july -- jobie boals-watters went to collect his prize check -- claiming a co- worker bought him the ticket. the problem is -- the iowa lottery got a tip saying watters purchased the ticket when he was underage. the day watters came to the gas station and got the winning ticket -- the manager says watters showed a gambling.

enforced. and the good news is that this doesn't happen very often." he says he will appeal the decision -- saying all the money that comes from lottery -- is a good source of money for his business. a swisher homeowner calls police after finding a man asleep in his truck -- that was parked in his garage. moments later -- the man ran from the property -- and took a in custody. kwwl's hillary maglin reports the latest. a sign outside this house in swisher says welcome... home in their garage. forty-year-old tommy duffer of shellsburg is now after stealing a loaded handgun from a truck inside one home on amana road... he went inside another house on the street to hide from police. (sot. cg: hillary maglin) "one of these houses that duffer broke into even has a sign on the door, warning intruders that

but that didn't stop duffer from stealing a laptop... clothing... a pickup truck... and two hundred dollars in cash from the home. police later booked duffer in the johnson county jail after they found him driving the stolen pickup truck in cedar rapids. but the handgun has yet to be found. we've got you covered -- hillary maglin -- kwwl news. duffer is charged with theft and burglary. bernie sanders plans to ring in the new year in iowa. the democratic presidential candidate will be hosting an event in des moines on new year's eve. the event is free and open to the public -- but you need to rsvp. it's at the renaissance des moines savery hotel. the program goes from seven to nine that night.

has its candidate for president. john macafee entered the white house race as a libertarian thursday. the 70-year-old cyber-security pioneer is known for his popular computer anti-virus software. he originally planned to run for the highest office under his own cyber party to, quote, "disrupt the political status quo." but he says a representative from the libertarian party contacted him tuesday about representing their party. there are 16 major presidential candidates this primary season -- many of them you likely know. but here's a 17th candidate you probably don't -- who is drawing a lot of attention. when democratic presidential candidate rocky de la fuente opened his doors for a holiday party inside his new west des moines home -- he had visions of santa, trees, and bright lights. (officer) "we have had complaints about the trailer and city ordinance, you know, we have to take the proper steps." police say rocky is in violation

move these in the next seven days. residents feel the big trailer and bus isn't something they want to see in their neighborhood. rocky says some neighbors have greeted him warmly. others made it clear they don't (rocky de la fuente/(d) presidential candidate) everybody has the right, i mean, should be a little bit more patient. if they see we just moved in, they should give me a little more than two days to move in." but he's is going to continue urging the public to stop by his house for campaign events. coming up on kwwl -- a local family spends their christmas on the lake -- but they're not fishing. and -- mark woodley will finish the state's top moments in sports for 20-15. at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. meteorologist kyle kiel will have your full forecast in just a moment.

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from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: welcome back i'm meteorologist kyle kiel. merry christmas! here's a look at threat tracker.

yellow tonight for the potential for a light wintry mix over our northwestern counties. most of us to the southeast will be dry tonight. we all get in on a chance for at least scattered rain throughout the day on saturday. then sunday will be mostly cloudy as we track another storm system that could bring significant impacts into early next week. here's the winter weather advisory. it's in effect that's right there is a winter weather advisory for the far northwest part of the kwwl viewing area. this is in effect after midnight for chickasaw, bremer, butler, black hawk and grundy counties for a wintry mix of rain and freezing rain, and potentially snow. however, accumulations will be fairly light. expecting a tenth of an inch or

chance will stay to the north and west. here's the storm track 7 live doppler radar. mainly dry conditions across eastern iowa. here's a wider view of the satellite and radar. area of low pressure in colorado is what we will be tracking as our next weather maker. it will open up as an open wave to our south, and that's where most of the precipitation will stay. there's snow to our northwest, causing some issues in the dakotas and nebraska, as well as northwest iowa. here's the current temperatures across the area. right now we are all sitting below freezing. temperatures will hold steady and slowly rise throughout the overnight. here's the storm track 7 live weather network. mostly cloudy with patchy areas of fog possible

a bit in our western counties, but has improved quite a bit from where it was earlier this afternoon. here's a look at future track. we will have areas of patchy fog this evening. the wind will pick up overnight, which will take the fog away. as we go through the overnight, we will mainly be dry, then we will see areas of patchy drizzle area. we will continue with that slight chance for a wintry warm above freezing. the rain ends tomorrow night, and we will holding steady in the 20s and 30s. for tomorrow, cloudy skies with a light wintry mix early in the day, otherwise everything will change volunteers are coming together to hel victims of a rare round of winter tornados. those storms killed at least 14 people in mississippi, tennessee, and arkansas. clean-up efforts continue today

rain could hamper those efforts. despite all that -- communities are still coming together to help. "we've got red cross has been commodore hotel, we've had night. everybody just pitched in really well and i'm really proud of this community." this is surviellance video from a bank in holly springs where the storm hit. watch as you see the tornado rolling past -- this video was sped up. despite the snow and colder temperatures -- some eastern iowans are celebrating christmas in a strange way this year -- by water skiing. kwwl's brad hanson joins us live in the newsroom -- who was along for the ride today. brad? i definitely was--and it was really cold just riding in the boat...i can't imagine what it felt like in the water. austin jensen and his dad today getting the boat back in the water

while his dad went the more traditional water skiing route, austin went barefoot. they both zoomed up and down the cedar river, taking advantage of the (austin jensen, water skier) "cause a lot of years there's heard of past stories of people doing it on christmas, so i thought it would be a good opportunity to try." as you can see here, austin sporting the santa top while doing his thing today. they told me the river temps here about 33 degrees today--certainly not jealous they were in the water. we've got you covered live here in cedar falls, brad hanson...kwwl news. thanks brad -- and we'll hear more from the family coming up tonight at ten o-clock. mark woodley brings us the top plays of the year. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in burr oak, what cheer, grace hill and

"now, kwwl moments in sports. we've already counted down numbers 12 through 7. now it's east state champion kyven gadson finished his career at iowa using a move dubbed "the gadson" put ohio state's kyle snyder on his back - winning his first --ice cream-- at number 5 we step back to a historic day in the mcleod center - november 21st - the north carolina tar heels became the first top ranked team in more than 30 years to visit a missouri valley arena - and the uni panthers - rallying from a 16 point second half deficit behind 21 points from

down in the biggest win in mcleod center history - our fourth top story comes from another unexpected, incredible moment from zach johnson - the cedar rapids native - about 8 years removed from his masters championship - took another major at the age of 39 - claret jug from historic saint andrews - we had the panthers at number 5 - and we hit 'em again at number - back in the spring - uni took over saint louis - winning 3 straight in the mvc the panthers grabbed their first tournament title in 5 years - which vaulted them to a 5 seed in the ncaa tournament - the highest in school history - and we had another tournament title at number two - as the iowa state cyclones went back to back - iowa state - in the final go-around for the mayor - held off kansas in a thrilling who earned a number

and our top story of 2015 is one that will be continued on the first day of the new year - the iowa hawkeyes - embarrassed by a lack-luster performance against tennessee in the taxslayer bowl - did a complete 180 the following fall - sprinting out to their first 12 and oh regular season finish in school history - and their first ever big ten championship game - where despite a last-second loss - the hawkeyes are now smelling roses - as iowa's set to travel to pasadena for the first time in 25 years - a date with stanford comes up next - that's it for the state of iowa in 20-15 - i'm mark woodley - kwwl news -- that's it for sports, we'll be

day forecast. after tomorrow's wintry mix and rain we are dry on sunday, then we are tracking the potential for a winter storm on

looks right now. still too early to pin down amounts, but that will likely impact travel. merry christmas! this evening will feature a mostly cloudy sky with patchy areas of fog. as we go through the night, the wind will pick up, allowing the fog to lift. after midnight, there is a chance for scattered light rain, and even a light wintry mix in our northern counties as temperatures will be just below freezing. snow and ice accumulation less than a tenth of an inch. winter weather advisory for black hawk,

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